Project Aria is a pair of sensor-packed glasses which Meta has been using internally to train its augmented reality perception systems. Now, Meta revealed it’s released Project Aria to a number of third-party research teams aiming to tackle some of the most complex challenges in creating practical, all-day AR glasses of the future. Announced in
Meta has added an important puzzle piece to Horizon Worlds, as the company has quietly rolled out its premium digital currency on the social VR platform in the US, UK, and Canada. Roblox has Robux, Rec Room has Tokens, and Horizon Worlds now has Meta Credits, letting users buy in-world digital goods from creators, such as avatar outfits
Apple has released a new immersive music video from The Weeknd featuring his latest single ‘Open Hearts’, which is available exclusively on Vision Pro for a limited time. Captured in Apple’s Immersive Video format, Open Hearts serves up 180-degree immersive views and spatial audio set to eponymous single from the Canadian pop artist’s upcoming album
Apple has released Final Cut Pro 11, which finally lets you edit spatial videos captured with Vision Pro, or iPhone 15 Pro or later. The latest Final Cut Pro now lets users make adjustments to the left- and right-eye angles on their Mac display, add effects, color correction, and titles to spatial videos. Of course
In this edition of XR News Bits we’ve got a handful of noteworthy Quest games (some also on PC VR), an unexpected update from a VR game release more than two years ago, and the first open streaming platform to support spatial video on Vision Pro. XR News Bits An incredible amount of exciting XR
Funktronic Labs, the studio behind roguelite shooter The Light Brigade (2023), just dropped a major content update that brings a new playable character, new ability, and a new procedurally generated region. Called the ‘Phantom of Time’, the free update introduces the ‘Saboteur’, a revolver-wielding gunslinger who comes part and parcel with a new ability, called
Spatial Ops, the mixed reality shooter from Resolution Games, officially releases today on Quest, letting you organize essentially the wildest game of laser tag imaginable. Now available on Quest 2/3/Pro, Spatial Ops lets you go head-to-head with up to eight players across a number of game modes, including Free for All, Team Deathmatch, Capture the Flag and
Resolution Games, the veteran VR studio behind Demeo (2021) and host of recognizable VR titles, announced it’s bringing a brand new tower defense game to Vision Pro early next year. Called Gears & Goo, the new real-time strategy game is coming to Apple Arcade for Vision Pro on January 9th, 2025. Resolution Games describes it as a
Little Cities (2022), the pint-sized VR city manager, is getting a new version for Apple Vision Pro that’s all about mixed reality gameplay. Called Little Cities: Diorama, the game will launch for Vision Pro through Apple Arcade on December 5th. It also just so happens to be the game’s first foray into mixed reality, as the
Xiaomi makes everything, from phones and vacuum cleaners to massage guns and even electric cars. Now, according to a report from Chinese media 36kr , Xiaomi may be developing a device that goes toe-to-toe with Ray-Ban Meta smartglasses. The report maintains Xiaomi is planning to launch a new generation of AI-assisted smartglasses, which will be